Ira and Anna

Ira and Anna

Anna Gorman with her father, Ira Gorman, at his wedding in 1999. Anna inherited from him the BRAC1 genetic mutation that dramatically increases the risk of certain types of cancer, including breast and ovarian. He died at 59 of metastatic pancreatic cancer, influencing her to have preventive surgery.

Anna Gorman with her father, Ira Gorman, at his wedding in 1999. Anna inherited from him the BRAC1 genetic mutation that dramatically increases the risk of certain types of cancer, including breast and ovarian. He died at 59 of metastatic pancreatic cancer, influencing her to have preventive surgery.

Anna Gorman with her father, Ira Gorman, at his wedding in 1999. Anna inherited from him the BRAC1 genetic mutation that dramatically increases the risk of certain types of cancer, including breast and ovarian. He died at 59 of metastatic pancreatic cancer, influencing her to have preventive surgery.